- US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces in Syria are launching an offensive campaign today to retake the area around Raqqa, the Islamic State's effective capital in the war-torn country.
- Michigan GOP Gov. Rick Snyder has declared a state of emergency in Detroit in response to an outage at an oil refinery, the declaration allows fuel trucks to travel longer hours.
- A Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico turned violent as police used smoke and pepper spray to break up protests against the GOP candidate.
- Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell will cut 2,200 additional jobs in 2016, raising global layoffs for the company to at least 5,000 as the oil slump continues into its third year.
- Former McDonald's CEO Ed Rensi is warning that a national $15 minimum wage will force the restaurant industry to automate and cost millions of jobs.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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